Doing the work with Diane Samuels

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Playwright Diane Samuels has been working in theatre for more than 30 years, and her back catalogue includes 1993’s Kindertransport, winner of the Verity Bargate and Meyer-Whitworth awards. She’s back with new play As Long As We Are Breathing, which tells the real-life story of Miriam Friedman who, as a child in Slovakia during World War II, hid from the Nazis to survive the Holocaust. Jen chatted to Diane about trauma, grief, forgiveness and whether or not we still have cause to hope. As Long As We Are Breathing is showing at the Arcola Theatre, London, until March 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	Standard issue for all women. Good morning. Happy Tuesday, Jen here to tell you all about today's
0:35.7	episode of the standard issue podcast. But before I do, let me tell you all about today's episode of the Standard Issue podcast.
0:41.8	But before I do, let me tell you about what else we've got coming up this week.
0:42.9	Tomorrow.
0:56.4	Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do. Joy of joys. We are watching Beverly Hills Cop in rated or dated, but have I ruined it for Hannah forever as she feared? Find out tomorrow. On Thursday, Mick and Hannah will be rifling through
1:02.5	the binfire of news and the Bush Telegraph and then they're back with Josra on Friday for flicking.
1:08.0	And this month they're watching Anora. Back to you today, playwright Diane
1:11.7	Samuels has been working in theatre for over 30 years with a back catalogue including 1993's
1:17.4	Kinder Transport winner of the Verity Bargate and Mayor Whitworth Awards. She's back with a new play
1:22.8	as long as we are breathing which tells the real life story of Miriam Friedman, who as a child during the
1:28.4	Second World War hid with her family in Slovakia from the Nazis to survive the Holocaust. It's
1:34.3	an exploration of trauma, grief and ultimately forgiveness, which I was delighted to chat to
1:39.5	Diane about. You can catch it at the Arcola Theatre, Dogston, until March the 1st, and I hope you
1:44.4	enjoy listening to her talk about it.
1:49.9	I am so delighted to welcome Diane Samuels to Standard Issue. Diane, thank you so much for
1:56.0	joining me. It's a pleasure. Thank you for inviting me. So you're here today primarily to talk about your new play as long as we're breathing, which is showing at the Arcola Theatre, Dahlston, and tells the true story of Miriam Friedman. And as we come to the play, she's now an older woman sort of reminiscing on her life having survived the
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